Cord Blood Stem Cells

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Cord Blood Stem Cells: Current Uses
Cord blood stem cells can be used in the treatment of nearly 80 diseases listed below. This doesn’t mean they will be used and using them doesn’t guarantee success. Each case is unique and only a doctor can determine eligibility. To learn more about actual use, check out our Family Stories.  

 Cancers
    Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
    Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
    Burkitt's lymphoma
    Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
    Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML)
    Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
    Hodgkin's lymphoma
    Lymphomatoid granulomatosis
    Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
    Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML)

 Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes
    Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia
    Autoimmune neutropenia (severe)
    Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia
    Cyclic neutropenia
    Diamond-Blackfan anemia
    Evan's syndrome
    Fanconi anemia
    Glanzmann's disease
    Juvenile dermatomyositis
    Kostmann's syndrome
    Red cell aplasia
    Shwachman syndrome
    Severe aplastic anemia
    Congenital sideroblastic anemia
    Thrombocytopenia with absent radius (TAR syndrome)
    Dyskeratosis congenita

 Blood Disorders
    Sickle-cell anemia (hemoglobin SS)
    HbSC disease
    Sickle βo Thalassemia
    α-thalassemia major (hydrops fetalis)
    β-thalassemia major (Cooley's anemia)
    β-thalassemia intermedia
    E-βo thalassemia
    E-β+ thalassemia

 Metabolic Disorders
    Adrenoleukodystrophy Gaucher's disease (infantile)
    Metachromatic leukodystrophy
    Krabbe disease (globoid cell leukodystrophy)
    Gunther disease
    Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
    Hurler syndrome
    Hurler-Scheie syndrome
    Hunter syndrome
    Sanfilippo syndrome
    Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome
    Mucolipidosis Type II, III
    Alpha mannosidosis
    Niemann Pick Syndrome, type A and B
    Sandhoff Syndrome
    Tay-Sachs Disease
    Lesch-Nyhan disease

 Immunodeficiencies
    Ataxia telangiectasia
    Chronic granulomatous disease
    DiGeorge syndrome
    IKK gamma deficiency
    Immune dysregulation polyendocrineopathy
    X-linked Mucolipidosis, Type II
    Myelokathexis X-linked immunodeficiency
    Severe combined immunodeficiency
    Adenosine deaminase deficiency
    Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
    X-linked agammaglobulinemia
    X-linked lymphoproliferative disease
    Omenn's syndrome
    Reticular dysplasia
    Thymic dysplasia
    Leukocyte adhesion deficiency

 Other
    Osteopetrosis
    Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

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